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Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens 

Images: W. Gonxalez

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Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino, CA.

Images: W. Gonxalez

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"Memento mori tomb", the "Transi de René de Chalons" by Ligier Richier, in the church of Saint Etienne in Bar-le-Duc, France: Some state that the statue is from 1545. Rene de Chalon, prince of Orange, who was married to Anne de Lorraine died at the young age of 25 during the siege of Saint-Dizier in 1544. His heart and intestines were cut out and kept in Bar-le-Duc, this was usual for noblemen at the time. His body was send back to Breda where he was born. Anne de Lorraine his widow was still very sad three years after his death so she ordered Ligier Richier to make a statue depicting her husband as he would be then. The right hand clutches at the empty rib cage while the left hand holds high his heart in a grand gesture The heart in his hand served as a reliquary and contained the actual dried heart of Rene de Challon

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Image W. Gonxalez

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Images by W. Gonxalez

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Cassette Collection

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Collection

Black Flag - “Damaged”

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Collection

Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano II

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Collection

Black Label Society - “1919 Eternal”

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Collection

Morrissey - “Kill Uncle”

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Collection

Master - “Slaves to Society”

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Collection 

Dokken - “Tooth and Nail”

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Franklin Canyon Park CA.

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